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Pay-roll of the Officers on Board the Armed Galley Lady Washington

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A Pay-Roll of the Officers on board the Armed Galley LADY WASHINGTON, from the time of their entry to the last of
AUGUST, 1776, inclusively, according to a Resolve of Congress; and as said Officers were advanced out of the Continental Army, a subduction is made of what they receive in the Company or Regiment to which they belong, viz:


OFFICERS' NAMES. Pay per month in dollars. Time of entry on board. Time of service to the last of August. Amount of wages to the first of August. Subduction as above. Total due after subduction.
      M. D. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Robert Cook, Captain 32 13th July 1 19 20 18 9 16 1 1/2 11 2 1 1/4
Nathan Wardell, First Lieutenant 20 14th July 1 18 12 16 0 4 18 1 1/3 7 17 10 1/2
Abram Godwin, Second Lieutenant 20 14th August 0 27 5 17 4 0 0 0 5 17 4
Benjamin Vinal, Master 20 26th July 1 6 9 12 0 3 12 0 6 0 0
Benjamin Davis, Boatswain 15 26th July 1 6 7 4 0 3 4 0 4 0 0
Henry Foster, Gunner 15 14th July 1 18 9 12 0 4 16 0 4 16 0
Alexander Bebee, Carpenter 15 26th July 1 6 7 4 0 3 4 0 4 0 0
Thomas Perry, Boatswain' s Mate 10 2/3 26th July 1 6 5 2 4 3/4 3 4 0 1 18 4 3/4
William Doke, Gunner' s Mate 10 2/3 14th July 1 18 6 16 6 1/3 4 16 0 2 0 6 1/2
John Stanley, Steward 13 2/3 26th July 1 6 6 11 3 4 0 3 7
— Kemp, Cook 12 26th July 1 6 5 15 3 4 0 2 11
George Bermaine 6 2/3 5th August 0 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 4
£55 15
A Volunteer and Private 1 6 8
142 51-72 dollars. The footing of the right hand column, viz: £57 1 8 3/4d˙ New York currency £57 1

ROBERT COOK, Captain.

Examined for William Palfrey, Paymaster-General:

JOHN LAWRENCE.

To William Palfrey, Esq˙, Paymaster-General of the Forces of the United States of America:

Pay to Captain Robert Cook, one hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty-one seventy-second parts of a dollar, ($142 51-72,) being in full for the pay of the Officers on board the armed Galley Lady Washington, to the thirty-first day of August last, agreeable to the within abstract, for which this shall be your warrant.

Given under my hand at Head Quarters, Harlem Heights, the — day of October, A˙ D˙ 1776.

By His Excellency' s command.

September 29th, A˙ D˙, 1776. — I have examined the within abstract, and can find no exceptionable error.

BENJAMIN TUPPER, Lieutenant Colonel and Commander.

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* 26 8 too little.

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